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eleven, xi
(adjective) being one more than ten
eleven, XI
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
eleven
The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
eleven (plural elevens)
(cricket) A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
(association football) A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
(Internet, slang, sarcastic) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
(countable, US, slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.
An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
A very high level of intensity.
• (sarcastic substitution for !): one, 1
Source: Wiktionary
E*lev"en, a. Etym: [OE. enleven, AS. endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, ölwe, ölwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu, Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. vënolika; and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying "to be left over, remain," appearing in E. loan, or perh. in leave, v. t., life. See One, and cf. Twelve.]
Definition: Ten and one added; as, eleven men.
E*lev"en, n.
1. The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.
2. A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.
3. (Cricket & American Football)
Definition: The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
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